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EXILES.
Exiled from home. The far sea rolls Between them and the country of their birth; The childhood-turning impulse of their souls Pulls half across the earth. Exiled from home. No mother to take care That they work not too hard, grieve not too sore; No older brother nor small sister fair; No father any more. Exiled from home; from all familiar things; The low-browed roof, the grass-surrounded door; Accustomed labors that gave daylight wings; Loved steps on the worn floor. Exiled from home. Young girls sent forth alone When most their hearts need close companioning; No love and hardly friendship may they own, No voice of welcoming. Blinded with homesick tears the exile stands; To toil for alien household gods she comes; A servant and a stranger in our lands, Homeless within our homes.
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